Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-01
WASHINGTON SPRINGS COUNTY JULY 1887
EDITORIAL.

EDITORIAL.
Inc Woonsocket creamery is a BOOM
ing success and is turning out SIX to
seven hundred pounds of butter per day.
Fred Douglas has spent many months
in Europe. He says: II am going home
with the knowledge that the average
man in the United States is better fed,
clothed and sheltered than in any other
part Of the world"
Even old Jeff. Davis reptdiates
Cleveland's notorious flag order. He
writes:
may say that the order of the war
department to return captured flags to
the late confede states. was a vio-
,latiou & all knJSf military precedents.
I on will find lib my history of the late
war that there were but twenty six
regiments of regular troops in the
army of the north, and total of $50
confederate flags captured. 1t is q'les-
tionable if these twenty six regiments
captured fifty flags. The flags were
captured by the volunteer army of the
north, and belong to the several states
and have no right to be in the national
capitol.
The New York World; in speaking
of the benefits to be derived from adj
vertising in home paper, says:
"Many a dealer who places $1OO adj
vertisement in his village paper be-
grudges his investment; when it is
worth to him double what he pays for
1t. Advertising rates Of the city news
paper would astonish such business
men. One column in the Chicago Trib-
une costs The advertiser $4,000 per an
mum. The New York Herald receives
for its lowest price $56,563, aid for Its
highest price s62,980. The New York
Tribune, for it's lowest, $2b,954, and for
she highest, s84,648, and these papers,
lit is stated, never lack for advertise
lments to ill their columns, and still
There are lots of people who wonder
why country newspaper can not be
furnished to subscribers as low as the
great dailies are sold for.
The proposed convention Of the
friends of division at Huron iii July is
one worthy of a great deal Of attention
The division Of this gigantic territory
is matter of vital interest to every
resident of each section aud Of the en-
tire northwest. The people of Dakota
have been refused that recognition
which they have deserved, but the ex
cuse of that branch of Congress which
has refused either to divide or admit
has been that the people of Dakota had
not thus far expressed their wishes il
the premises. 1t has for some tim.
been clear to those who have. had thu
cause of division at heart, that the pla1
of submitting the Question Of division
directly to the people was an excellen
one, and one which should have beer
Submitted long ago. This, Of course
would have been done, had not Their
been abundant grounds for the as
sumption that the people were .practi
: lcally united in their desire for tw!
states. But in view of the objection
raised, it is quite proper that tn
Equestion be referred. directly. to th
tpeople, and every man who believes il
ldivision should seek to. impress upol
/ his less enthusiastic neighbor; the un
|answerable arguments for two state
Instead of one. There is no doubt as t
1.-THE result OF the election, and yet tn
h majority in favor of division should b
a large one. The movement is in. goo
: hands and there is every reason for be
$ lieving that the campaign Will be man
tagged with energy, discretion and skill
1.-THE division, movement is not dead, a
Isome profess to believe, The fact
THAT it is stronger to-day than ever BIZ
, fore, and it is growing in strength wit
each passing day.-Sioux Falls Pres
Though politicians have sold on
many OF the prerogatives of thewhol
lpeoyle to corporate .monopolies, an
Though that means much government
y {power - it might as we'll beunde'
tstood, first as last, that while life II
kmains in one true member Of the G. A
r.. the transfer of this American Go,
!. eminent into the hands of it's enemie
can not and will not be allowed to b
made complete. ,o,,
SOLDIER OF 1861.
t. EDITORS HERALD:
3 Please give special notice that tn
: regular meeting of the County Counc1
of the Farmers Alliance OF Jerauld 20
is the first Saturday Of each month a
the court house at washington Springs